The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-11
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.
-Sixty-fve varieties of lettuce are
known to horticulturists.

-Sixty-five varieties of lettuce are
known to horticulturists. /
If swine are to be kept on the farm
the best profits will be found in the
finest breeds that run into matured
meat the first year. 4
Secretary Goodman, of the Mis-
souri, Horticultural Society, says
good toad is worth ten dollars in a
garden as an insect destroyer.
Coal ashes have been used success
fully around currant and gooseberry
bushes to drive away borers. A plenti-
full mixture of ashes with soil has kept
the radish maggot out of radish beds.
Fig Pudding. Six figs chopped
fine after boiling them, three cups of
bread crumbs, one-fourth pound of
suet, one egg, one-fourth pound of
sugar, one lemon (grate the rind), one
nutmeg grated, boil three hours in a
tin mold or bag.-Good Housekeeping
No dealer should handle a pound
of butter until he first secures a room
to keep it separate from all other
goods having any unpleasant odor. A
cheap, up-ground, artificial cellar is
best, where the air is pure and we'll
ventilated, but can be kept cool. Troy
Times
If your garden plot is selected,
rake it over as soon as the weather will
permit and burn up every vestige of
grass and weeds, so as to destroy not
only seeds but insects A covering of
straw, leaves or stalks burned over the
ground will be an advantage. Boston
Bulletin.
To Cook a Ham.-Boil the ham
three or four hours, according to size;,
then skin the whole and fit it for the
table; then set in the oven for half an
hour, cover it thickly with pounded
rusk or bread crumbs and set back for
half an hour longer. Boiled ham is al
ways improved by setting it in an oven
for nearly an hour, till much of the fat
dries out, and it also makes it more
tender.-Boston Budget.
Benjamin P. Ware, of Massachu-
sets, according to the Michigan
Farmer, says that if we cultivate the
apple orchard very highly year after
year we will get a great deal of fruit,
but will materially shorten the life of
the trees. Trees under high cultiva-
ton will last but about seventy-fve
years, while if allowed to grow natural
ly will last nearly twice as long. Mr..
Ware thinks it best to get the most out
of the orchard in the shortest time,
and root it up when it has passed the
useful period.
A correspondent Of the Garden
directs the attention of plant growers
and orchid growers to the advantages
of the practice of boiling tobacco juice
in houses for the destruction of the in
sects over the old practice of fumigat-
ing. One great advantage is that the
steam does not scald or discolor the
most tender foliage nor the most deli
cate flower; that it can be done with
out previous preparation, l. e., drying
the foliage, etc.; and that the operator
can walk about in the house, if neces-
sary, during the operation.
The only way to clean out nest,
says the Rural World, should the con-
tents become soiled, is to carry the box
outside, burn the hay, and then dip a
sponge in kerosene and apply lighted
match to the box, first rubbing it over
with the sponge. The oil will burn for
few moments over the box and then
cease. If there are any lice they will
have but poor chance. If an egg is
broken in the nest the result is usually
lice, unless the nest is at once cleaned,
and the best mode is to begin anew
with the box very clean and fresh-cut
hay put in.